«It is so disappointing to see what we had hoped and thought could be accomplished, which was the end of dysfunction and some degree of functionality turn
into adversarialism and competition,» he said.
Suit was first filed in 2012, but as the magistrate judge explained, the last three years have focused on heated discovery disputes that have turned the case «
into a quagmire of
adversarialism» and one that has «passed through the dockets of six district judges and two magistrate judges.»